Machine for manufacturing glassware



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v C. E. BLUE.

MACHINE FUR MANUFACTURING GLASSWARE.

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C. E. BLUE.

MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING GLASSWARE.

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C. E. BLUE.

MACHINE FDR MANUFACTURING GLASSWARE.

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(Application led May 8, 1898.)

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c. E. BLUE. MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING ILSSWARE.` (Application tiled May 6, 189B.)

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NITED STATES' MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING GLASSlVVARE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 617,950, dated January 17, 1899.

Application illed May 8,1898. Serial No. 679,915. (No model.)

To all whom/it may concern:

a citizen of the. United States, residing at NVheeling, in the county of Ohio and State of West Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements 1n Machines for'the Manufacture .of Glassware, .of which the"following is a specification'. My invention relates to improvements in machines for the manufacture of glassware, and pertains to that class of machines in which the glass is pressed and blown toits completed form.

'lhe primary object of my invention is to provide a machine comprising a press anda blow mold and a vertically-movable carrierV -for removing th epressed glass from the press- -said Bauges are the revoluble tables G and mold and depositing it in the blow-mold.

Another object of my invention is to construct a machine having a press mold orl molds and a blow mold or molds and a plurality of neck-ring supports adapted to anto matically engage and release the neckfr'ng.

supports and to Withdraw the pressed glass (through the medium of the neck-rings) from the press-mold'and depositit in the blowmold.

Another object of my present inventionis the vproviding of a machine'with a plurality of independent press-molds and a plurality of independent blow-molds, each having independent supports, and a plurality of neckring carriers `adapted to have a verticaly and la lateral .movement for withdrawing the pressed glass from the press-mold, moving it laterally, and depositing it within the blow -V l mold.

y Anotherobjectof my present invention is the providing of a machine comprising independent press and blow molds, a verticallymovableneck-ring support adapted to'withdrawthepressed article and deposititin the blow-mold, and a vertically-movable blowhead operated by the' movementofthe ringtional plan upon the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig.

.3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3 3 ot Fg.2; '-Fig. 4 is avertical sectional 'vie'w taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional plan taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of the plunger-actuating cylinder and its controlling-valve. Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view of the automaticallyacting blow-head.

A represents. a base, preferably mounted upon wheels B, and supported uponthis base upon' standards C or in any desired manner 'are the columns-D and fE. These col# umns are' each provided with laterally-proA jecting flanges F at their lower ends, and surrounding the columns and supported by the revolutioncan be accomplished through the.

medium of an intermediate gear, if desired,

, whereby the blow-mold table H would revolve in the opposite direction from that indicated by arrow in Fig. 2, as is well understood by mechanics. y

The press-mold table G is provided with a plurality of press-molds J, which are preferf ably composed o f vertical sections and of the -usual Well-known construction, the sections being pivotedftogether, so that they may be :swung open for the purposeof removing the Ipressed article therefrom.

The blow-mold table H is also provided with a plurality of blow-molds, also consisting of vertical' sections hinged together and preferably of the well-known form. These two tables being geared together and revolving uniformly and one overlapping the other, as illustrated in Fig'. l, it will be readily understood that the blow-mold of the blow-table and the pressmold of the press-table travel in a common intersectingpath or point, as indicated in Fig 2.

Verticali y and rcvol ubi y movable upon the IOO e Y y 617,950

of arms M, of a numberpreferably 'corre-4 spending to the number of ...the press-mold',

and' these 4arms are connected withthet-abl'e f G, through the medium vot'a telescopcor 1on1 gitudinally-slidable connection TN, whereby they collar L mi@ its arms are revolvedby and with the table G. These arms','ashere shown,

are preferably curved downward, and the extremities of the arms are provided witha cross-head I. Intermediately'pivotedto the? ends of this eross-hea-d'a're the arms Q, having their outerl ends curved andadaptedto engage 1 the neck-rings R, which copera'te with the press and the blow molds, as is' well un? dei-stood by those skilled iu` the art. 'Pivoted to the inner free ends of' these'arms, levers, or. jaws Q are the links S,L.tl1e opposite and inner -ends of the links being connected by a cross link or block '15. These jaws or arms or levers' Q are normally heldopen, as' illustrat'ed, at the charging, blowing, and fixing lpositions, as illustrated inrFig. 2.

The machine is provided with the usual lplunger` U for pressing the glass' in" the pressmo1`d,the said plunger being actuated through Y the plunger-rod V, which has its upper end passing throughahcylinder 1W, thelsaid cylinder being supported by the uppe'rfe-nd of 'the'column D through the-medium of a bracket a'. i The said plunger-rod Y is provided witha piston-head b .within the cylin.i

' der,l and the' pistou-head isi actuated through the Inediumof duid-pressure, which` is ad mitted to opposite ends of the cylinder through the pipes c.

The admission of the duid-pres- 4sure is regulated through the' medium offa valve-rod d, wherebyl the operator -is enabled to' reciprocate the plunger through themovenient of the valve-rod' d, thus admitting air or fluid' pressure'toeitllcr end of the cylinder.' This construction and operation is well understood and need not be here more fully described."

A rod e extends longitudinally within the columnV D and has its upper end connected with the upper'projecting end' of the plungerrod V through' the 'medinl'no'f a connecting bracket' or arm ji whereby the said rod eis moved in unison u p anddown with the plunger-rod V. lhelower'endof this plunger-rod V is provided with'laterally-projecting arms or pins g', which .project through longitudinal openings or slots hwithin the column and are adapted when the' rod--V is moved'upward through the upward movement of the'pluuger Ute engage the under side of 'the collar L, thus lifting the collar L and its arms or jaws` Q, which carry the'ueck-rng, from the pressing-point to the blowing-point',as will be presently more fully described. -4

Projectinglaterally from the column D near its lower end are-the cam-studs i, which are adapted' to engage the cross links or blocks T, connecting the inner ends of the links S, when the collar L and its arms are lowered, ,l

'situated at i point, andfionelat `the charging-point, vnone ingpoint, is .elevated through whereby theljan's orV arms Q are sepa-'rated against; the' ten sion' of the l sp rings l'. There are thre these ca'ni-'stu-ds I", onclben'g he blowpoint, one' at the fixingbei'ng provided at the p ressingif-point.,A l From this it willgbe'noted `that upongtheglbwering gers carried'down withinthcpressimold for. pressing the charged.glass'tlierein-fthejarms f VQ'are'lforced apart at the blowing,ilnggand= ch. rging points., while they remaim'losed around the neck-ring RV at the'pressiiig-peint.l .This'prevents the' necklgrin g of'themold at'thc blowiug,fixing,andpressing ppi'nts'f ro'nrbein g elevated when'the' collarL is lf ted through the medium' of the lifting of the plungernrhilc it accomplishes the .lifting-of ,the ueckgrhig:

situated upon the'uiold which is at the picas-f 'ing-point. f 3 "gl The press-table G is revolved tlirofughfthc which has 'its inner' l engage .an y opening in thq flange F of' the column -D just 'atz'tfhe right of. j

l Thc'operaton by'lilting medium of -the handle 7', end adapted to the pressingqpcunt.-

the outer end ofj the handle at-tlre'right of. the

pressingpoiut' will -disengage itsinuer 4end' and' can revolve the table to carryfthc'mold I .whichs at the pressing-pointu) theblowingvpointv and the mold which wasnt the blowingp'oint 'to thelxing-point, an'd'so on' through.-` out the revolution" of thetable', as. is well understood.' At the same .time tho table ll is uniformly revolved,as before described,-

whereby the blow-molds are' brought to, the

blowing-point and also to the.discharging-4 point to have the article removed hyztho'turn-- ing' o ut'boy. (clearly illustrated in Fig. 6,)

In' operation i n at the charging-pointand the table revolved, .taking it to the pressingpoirit.4

arms Q, as before lescrib`ed. .lVhen the plunger is re1noved,the table revolved to carry themold in which the glass wasjust pressed to the blowing-point, and the succeedngmold 'at the charging-point has been4 chargedwith molten glass. The removing'of the plunger has elevatedthc 4rng'L and its arms, and hence the neckfring-lhwhichis the pressmolds are charged' lOO At the p'rcssi 'ing-point the neck-ring is engaged by theA IXO coperating with the press-.mold atthe .press- `the medium of the jawsor levcrs'.Q which withdraws the pressed glass or blank from "the prcssin'gf'. luold and moves'it upward..

press mold are. then opened m|t\ vard, as

showu'at the blowing-point in Fig. 2, hy'the press operator, or they inay bc opened automatically to be out'of mold when they reach the blow-point.

The

'lhc parts ol the table having been revolved lo carry. the'l pressed blank over' the blowing-point, thev movement of the plunger topress the glass in the succeeding press-mold will permit the downward,movemcntof tlic ring Ll and its arms, and consequently the depositing of the pressed blank withi n the mmv-mold." 'lliis movementhas thrown thearins Q opemas illustrated, and-disengaged them from theneclcring, which is now deposited upon tlie blow- Vscribed hereinafter.

mold. The blowing is then eeoted through the press-ure ofthe footof the-turningfzout-boy .upon the tread le 7e, wh ich is conneet'ed'throu gh the medium of a rod [anda l'everm with the` blow-head rod n, which carri-es the blow-head down upon the blow-mold. The blow-head is constructed to automatically admit and cut oit air, as shown in Fig. 7, and as fully illustrated anddescribed in my patent dated .J une 15, 1897, numbered 584,605, and need not therefore be more fully described here'. Instead ofoperating the Vblow-head by au independent movement, however,'as just described,

this .may be accomplished automatically through the movement of the ring I, as'i'llustrated in Fig. 4 and which will. be fully de- From this description it will be seen that intermittent' rotation of the press and blow mold tables and the movement of the, plunger will cause the pressing and the blowing of the article at each movement, whereby a blankis pressed and a pressed blankl is at the same time blown to the finished form. lVheu the blow-moldfreaehes the discharging-point,the neck-ring is'th'rown open and the blow-mold also opens for removel ing the finished-article therefrom. The tui'ning-out boy will then place the neck-ring upon the mold at the fixing-point, ready to; again,

receive a; charge of glass at the chargingpoint.

In Figs` 4 and 5 I show aV modification' -of the construction to the extent of omittingthe press-table and substituting therefor a-single stationary press-mold and omitting the blowmold table `and substituting therefor a .sta-

tionary support for one or more blow-molds.

In this instance I show a support 2 projecting froxn'the base A', which forms the support for the column B'. In thislconstruc'tion the neck- `ringR a'nd its arms and levers'are the same as heretofore described-and need not at this' point again be speci i'eallyreferred to. Also extending from the base A is a standard 3, which supports a press-mold 4. Thispressmold is of t-he same construction as illustrated in Figs. l and-2, and Cmiperatingwith this press-mold and also to cooperatewith the blow-mold 5 upon the stationary table or support G therefor are a plurality of neck-rings 7,

which are also preferably nijl.the f saine"eon`" In.

struetionas illustrated in Eigs. hand 2. this modification itrwill be noted, andas illus-- trated, that the neck-.rin gs are supported upon the arms or levers Q ofthe arms M and that only one cam-stud 8 is'provided upon the column 13', and this is at the blowing-point. The collar L in this instance is "provided with a plurality of projecting arms fl, which form the means for rotating the collar L and its arms M, and these arms Q'are provided with a handle 10, connected through the medium of rods l1 and bell-crank'levcrs 12 with a locking-pin 13. This locking-pin is adapted to eugage a vertical yell, formed in the column 13', wlii'chu-"ilraising and lowering the plunger and for raising and lowering the collar L isy the samevas that shownand described in Figs. 1, 2,'aud It will be noted that the blow-mold support G is constructed here of preferably a triangular form,'thou'gh, if desired, this may be varied.

j-rnthe'collar Land its. arms in theprope position as they `aresrotatd. ,In .Y theseligdres the. mechanism for At the blow-point this support 'is provided i with stops 15, which serve to place the blowmolds at the proper point upon the said table or support Lifter receiving the-prssed blank. In operationthis modiication is 'practically the samel as that illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and

3 tha'tthe peek-ring R', which is upon the press-mold 4, is lifted through the me dium ofthe jaws Q, removing from the-pressmold the pressed blank and carrying it byA vthe revolution of the ring or collar L to theblow-point andwhen lowered through the lowering of theplungerfor pressing the next blank deposit the pressed blank in the blowmold. The arms Q release the neck-ring at the blow-point the same as described in' relation to Figs. 1, '2, and 3, aud the mold in which the blank` is blown is carried to the ,discharging-point and removed by the turning-out boy. The neck-ring is then placed upon the arms Q at the tixing-pointof Fig. 5 forcarrying the -ring around-.to again coperate -with the press-mold in its turn'.V In this instance, however, the blow-head 16 is automatically deposited upon the blow-mold by the downward movement of the 'plunger-I rod and the ring L, which carries thearrn that lIO The' blow-head rod passes through and is su p ported through the medium of an L-shaped bracket 22, which has its inner end bnl't'ed or otherwise attached to the column be thus understood .that when the ring L is `moved upward by the upward movement of the plunger the blow-head 16 is likewise moved, `and when the ring L moves down- -ward with the downward movement of the plungerfor pressing the glass in the pressmold the blow-head is correspondingly moved downward and deposited upon the blow-mold, .automatically admitting and cutting oit4 air in its movements, as described in my patent before referred to. 4

As before stated, the mechanism shown in Fig. 4 for automatically depositing the blow-v head upon the blow-mold may be used in conncctiou with the construction shown 1n Figs.-

t: will,

- mold, and a vertically-movable androtatable.

1,2,and 3 in the place of the treadle kand that otherwise the operation of this modification is practically the same as the'- operation of the construction shown iu Figs. l and 2, whereby the pressedV blank is elevated or removed from the p ress-m old,carried laterally,and deposited.

in the blo)v-mold,y the modification differing only in some details of construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, iS

l. A separatepress-mold, a separate blowblank-support, the said support adapted to remove the pressed blankv from the press-mold and deposit it within the blow-mold, substanl tially as described.

2. Separate blow and press molds, a neckvring adapted to coperate with both of said molds, and a laterally-moving neck-ring support constructed to carry the pressed blank from the press-mold to the blow-mold and to disengage thev said Vneck-ring by a 4lateral movement in respect thereto when the neckring is seated on the blow-mold, substantially as described.

3. A machine for the manufacture of glassware comprising a press-mold, a blow-mold, a vertically-movable blank-support, a vertically-movable plunger for cooperating with v with the press and blow molds, and means for disengaging the ring-support fromV the ring at the blow-mold, substantially as described.'

6. A machine for the manufacture of glassware comprisingy a press-mold, a blow-mold at' a point removed therefrom, a vertically and laterally movable member, a neck-ring adapted' to cooperate with the press and 'the blow molds, and neck-ring jaws carried by the vertically and laterally movable member, and means for engaging the jaws with the neck-ring at the pressing-mold, and means for disengaging the jaws from the neck-ring at the blow-mold, substantially as described.

7. A machine for the manufacture of glassware comprising a press-mold, a blow-mold, a vertically 'and laterally movable member, a vertically-moyable plunger, the plunger and vertically and laterally movable member being operatively connected, the said vertically and laterally movable member carrying moverigesoj` Vring carrier from able neck-ring-supporting jaws,`a neck-ring adapted to cooperate with the press and blow molds, .and meansfor engaging and disengaging the said jaws `from the neck-ring atv the press and blow molds respectively through. the movementsot the vertically and laterally movable member, substantially as described.

3.v vA machine for the manufacture of glassware comprising a press-mold, a blow-mold,

a neck-ring adapted to cooperate with saidmolds, a vertically andI laterally movable.

member, movable jaws carried by th'e said member, means for normally holding the jaws closed, and means for opening .the .jaws

through the movemen ts of the member when at the blowingmold, substantially as de scribed. i

9. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware, a press-mold carrier, a press-mold carried thereby,a blow-mold'carrier, a blow-l mold carried thereby, a blank-carrier adapted to 'cooperate with 4the said molds, and a supporting member for the blank-carriervertically movable'in respect to'the press-mold carrier, andl carried by the said press-mold carrier, and means constructed and arrangedA to raise the blank-carrier at the pressingpoint and lower it at the blowing-point, substantially as described.'

10. Amachine for the manufacture of glassware, a vertically-movable blank-carrier, a vertically-movable blow-head, and an operating connection between the blank-carrier and the blow-head, wherebythe downward movement of the blank-carrier seats the blow-head upon the blow-mold, substantially as described'.

' l l. A machine for the manufacture of glassware comprising a press-mold, a blow-mold, averticallymovable blank-carrier, a vertically-movable blow-head, a lever connected with the blow-head, and a link connected to the blank-carrier and the said lever, whereby the verticalV movement of the blank-carrier operates the blow-head substantially as and for the purpose described.

12. A machine forthe manufacture of glassware comprising a press-mold carrier, a plurality of press-molds carried thereby, a blew.- mold, a plurality of blow-molds carried thereby, a plurality of independent neck rings adapted to coperate with the blow and press molds, a vertically-movable neck-ri ng carrier carried by the press-mold carrier, and means constructed and arranged to lift the neckthe press-mold move it over comprising a press-mold, a blow-mold,

the blow-mold and to depositit uponv the blowmold, substantially as described.

ln testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. CHARLES EDWIN BLUE.

Witnesses:

W. B. JONES, A. G. IIUBBARD. 

